>> He
said there were no deaths that can be attributed to the mystery disease
during the last week…..

So far, 42 patients with the
mysterious health condition have been reported. The Ministry's Acting
Secretary Dr. Nihal Jayathilake yesterday called a meeting of all
relevant institutions to review the progress and issued instructions to
the authorities for combating the disease. <<

The number of ambiguous statements on the myocarditis cases in Badulla
and Kandy are almost as numerous as the growing list of cases. It
is not clear if there were no additional deaths, or just an inability
to link deaths to the disease. Since there has yet to be an
identified etiological agent, failures to link anything simply extends
the dismal record of the investigating agencies.

The number of patients in Kandy has now increased from 29
to 42, but there still is no identified agent. Moreover, there is
no mention of an elimination of any agents.